Alliebutt

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Fucking hell. Now Wattpad is removing the private messages function, my God. It's almost like they WANT to kill this platform slowly and painfully. I haven't even been on the platform as long as most other people have, but to see how negatively its changed just in the time I've been here? It's distressing if I'm being honest. 
          	
          	If anyone wants to PM me, feel free to do so on AO3. My username is the same as it is here on Wattpad. At this point, I might just consider going away from writing on Wattpad entirely, and focusing on AO3. At this rate, it's just an inevitable matter of time before Wattpad officially kills their own app, and I don't want all my eggs in a doomed basket.
          	
          	It's a shame it's gotten to this point, and I'm not holding my breath that it'll get any better. It's sad as hell, as Wattpad has a far better comment system than AO3 does by being able to comment at specific points in the story, rather than just having one comment section for the entire chapter. 

Alliebutt

@Kaiathefox The only other place I would go, would be AO3. So you'd be able to find me there for sure if nothing else. I'll probably cross-post initially, but with the way things are going with Wattpad I couldn't promise I'd keep posting on here, which is a shame because I really want to. But at the end of the day, the only way Wattpad will ever potentially change for the better again, is if people start leaving for good. At that point though, even if they change it might be too little too late. 
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Kaiathefox

@Alliebutt I know what you mean I loved wattpad for years now it seem like with all these changes they are doing we are starting to lose some good artists and they are taking their stories with them and it gets frustrating because I had ao3 downloaded on my phone now I can't seem to find it so I feel I'm stuck but then again there are also really good artists on here still that i follow them and their stories and I don't want to lose that but I know alot of people are going somewhere eles and I can't seem to find out where they are going
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_targaryen83_

Hey allie! Are you willing to do a story about gp oc x Caitlin Snow

Alliebutt

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@_targaryen83_ Shit, yeah. I saw Stark instead of Snow, lmao. Fair accident I'd imagine.
            
            But then I can't guarantee anything. I only watched the first what? 2 or 3 seasons of The Flash? And that was years ago when the show originally began. I don't know if I have the time to have to re-watch everything from scratch in order to write a fic for her. But hey, when I eventually finish some of my other stories, I might give it a go. No promises though. 
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_targaryen83_

@Alliebutt I think you’ve got the wrong character. I am talking about Caitlin from the flash tv series
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JaKighCooperMoore

Hey Allie r any of ur stories gonna be updated soon if u don't mind me asking 

JaKighCooperMoore

@Alliebutt  ok I was just wondering bc I love ur ancient flames story 
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Alliebutt

@JaKighCooperMoore They will be updated, that much I can promise you. I still have the stories backed up on Google Drive as well, but out of principle I prefer not giving a specific date or time frame.
            
            This year has been incredibly rough for me both in terms of my physical health, as well as my mental health. On top of those issues, I also ran into personal issues that just added extra pressure on my mental health in particular.
            
            So the TLDR: I don't want to give a specific time frame, because life's rough and I don't want to promise y'all something and then not being able to deliver on those promises. 
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SPARTANOFDEATH2001

Hi @Alliebutt just found your profile I just wanna ask a question  are you continuing your marvel poly and the 100 eventual poly and the TVD -TO  stories as there the stories you have I’m most excited to see new chapters for when you have them ready of course not rushing you or anything like that anyway keep up the good work 

Alliebutt

@SPARTANOFDEATH2001 There will be vampires who's been with Alex in some capacity over the years, and some vampires she hasn't been with yet but will get together with. Rebekah is a good example of a vampire she hasn't been with, but will get together with once she shows up on the show. Kat on the other hand, she's already had an on and off friends with benefits relationship with over the years.
            
            So to answer the question, yes she's been with vampires in the past, and will be with vampires in the future too.
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SPARTANOFDEATH2001

@Alliebutt just finished all the chapters for the TVD story loved it so I’m  just wanna ask something and that’s it will there be any vampires that will  be in a relationship with Alexander wether there with just alex or if they have other relationships with some of the other girls with Alex  and Alex at the same time like here’s some examples of vampires I’m wondering will be actual girlfriends for Alex like Katherine and Freya and Rebekah and aurora klaus’s ex and  rose always liked Lauren Cohan in this show 
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Alliebutt

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Fucking hell. Now Wattpad is removing the private messages function, my God. It's almost like they WANT to kill this platform slowly and painfully. I haven't even been on the platform as long as most other people have, but to see how negatively its changed just in the time I've been here? It's distressing if I'm being honest. 
          
          If anyone wants to PM me, feel free to do so on AO3. My username is the same as it is here on Wattpad. At this point, I might just consider going away from writing on Wattpad entirely, and focusing on AO3. At this rate, it's just an inevitable matter of time before Wattpad officially kills their own app, and I don't want all my eggs in a doomed basket.
          
          It's a shame it's gotten to this point, and I'm not holding my breath that it'll get any better. It's sad as hell, as Wattpad has a far better comment system than AO3 does by being able to comment at specific points in the story, rather than just having one comment section for the entire chapter. 

Alliebutt

@Kaiathefox The only other place I would go, would be AO3. So you'd be able to find me there for sure if nothing else. I'll probably cross-post initially, but with the way things are going with Wattpad I couldn't promise I'd keep posting on here, which is a shame because I really want to. But at the end of the day, the only way Wattpad will ever potentially change for the better again, is if people start leaving for good. At that point though, even if they change it might be too little too late. 
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Kaiathefox

@Alliebutt I know what you mean I loved wattpad for years now it seem like with all these changes they are doing we are starting to lose some good artists and they are taking their stories with them and it gets frustrating because I had ao3 downloaded on my phone now I can't seem to find it so I feel I'm stuck but then again there are also really good artists on here still that i follow them and their stories and I don't want to lose that but I know alot of people are going somewhere eles and I can't seem to find out where they are going
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Alliebutt

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I fucking hate when authors straight-wash gay characters in fandoms, and take away a key piece of the limited canon representation we have. I was looking for sapphic Shadowhunters fics, and it always pisses me off how many fics there are with female OCs dating Alec, like my God. Go and write a fucking fic with one of the straight guys of the show, rather than turning a gay character straight or bi. Jesus fucking Christ. 

Alliebutt

@winterkonijn1 I do love your work as an author, and respect the work you've done. But I do have to respectfully disagree with you on this. It's queer erasure of a canon queer character, not a matter of love not having any label. It's the equivalent of someone writing a fanfic about Twilight, and making all the native Americans from the tribe blatantly caucasian. Or any other example of a series where an author changed the race of a racial minority character into that of a caucasian person because it fit the story they wanted to write.  
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Alliebutt

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@Browser95 Straight characters made gay or bi isn't remotely the same thing, and it doesn't take a lot of arguments to show that. There's a shit ton of straight characters in western media, like we're practically swimming a d drowning in them so making one gay or bi doesn't take ANYTHING away from straight people. Gay or bi characters though? So very few of them in comparison to straight characters, so to remove a such a tremendous part of their character? That's a slap in the face to LGBTQ people, and it borders on erasing our identities. 
            
            This is ESPECIALLY bad when it's done to a character like Alec whose entire primary character growth from the start to finish of the story is accepting that he's gay, and coming out to his parents as they're against his relationship with his partner. So no, don't compare those two. They're not even close to being the same thing. 
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ikaruasani

@Browser95 It’s true that there are lots of stories where straight characters are turned gay. I just don’t think the reverse of that is the same. I can’t control whether people do it or not, but I sure am gonna complain. That’s all I’m saying.
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Alliebutt

Welp, it looks like I have one less fic to write on here in the future. My planned GoT fic was struck down by Wattpad, which I suppose makes sense. If I ever want to write it in the future, I'll probably have to use AO3 for it since it's unlikely Wattpad would ever allow me to post it on here. 

Browser95

@Alliebutt is your Ao3 account name the same as this one?
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Alliebutt

@Browser95 If I do ever end up writing it, since I'm already swamped with plenty of other fics and not enough time in the world to write them, then it will definitely be on Ao3. I don't want to waste time uploading it here, just to see any likes and comments it might get, be lost to the ather if Wattpad decided to strike it down again. 
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Alliebutt

Oof. I already have 4 ongoing stories, and while I've had ideas for other fics I've held back on actually writing them, purely because I didn't want to overwhelm myself more than I already have. But recently I've gotten back into PJO, and I just have the most wicked idea for a fic. 
          
          It would be far more personal to me than my other fics, since the protagonist would be a young unclaimed trans girl struggling to come to terms with who she is as a person and as a demigod, and to make her own identity crisis even worse, she's also dealing with a severe case of unrequited love. An unrequited love that will have far reaching consequences on her future, and will shape who she turns out to be as she grows into girlhood.
          
          I'm so damn conflicted though, because I want to write it so badly. But I also know that as it currently is, I'm not even remotely what you would consider to be a consistent uploader of stories. And while people reading my fics isn't the primary reason for me writing, it's still a nice thing to experience when people enjoy your work, and right now is pretty much the perfect time to write a PJO fanfic with the release of the ongoing Disney TV series adaptation. New and old fans of PJO will want to read fanfics, and with a new generation of kids/teens getting exposed to the world of PJO for the first time, I feel like a fanfic with a trans protagonist could be a big source of trans representation for those younger trans people who are just now getting to enjoy the wonders of PJO. 

Alliebutt

Here's an update for those that are interested, haha.
          
          As some of you may know, I'm a person who suffers from bipolar, (diagnosed by a professional) but prior to being diagnosed I was misdiagnosed as having clinical depression. As a result, I was prescribed a hefty dose of anti-depressant medication, which had the uncomfortable side effect of turning me into a borderline zombie. It meant that for long periods of time I would have little energy or desire to do anything but merely existing, and even then sometimes something that simple was a struggle. 
          
          After bringing up my concerns that they might not work as intended on me with my psychologist, we agreed that it would be worth trying to wane me off of the medicine, if simply to try and see if the anti-psychotic medicine I've been prescribed since would be enough to help me while also not turning me into a living dead creature. So far I'm the period where I've completely stopped taking it, again after a period of waning to keep me safe, and while the withdrawal is still taking its toll on me, I can absolutely feel a difference.

Clexa4catra

Good luck with the recovery, hope you are well
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Alliebutt

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I'm more happy in general than I was prior to quitting the meds, and I do feel like I have more energy than before. So what was the point of that whole spiel then? Well to put it simply, I'm hoping that with me generally being more happy now, and having more energy, I'll be able to do more writing than I've done in the past. I won't ever promise that I'll have a consistent schedule, because I know that's a promise I wouldn't be able to keep even if things do get a bit better. But I do hope that you will all be able to expect more frequent updates than I've been able to deliver in the past. For now I have to get over the nasty withdrawal, as well aa the following period of time where my brain wires itself back together to normal chemistry levels and all that bullshit, but once that's over with? I'll be back, and better than ever before! So look forward to more frequent updates from all of your (probably not) favorite characters soon! 
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